Autographic register



A. B. COOKE AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Se y June 24, 1930.

3 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 24, 1930. A. B. cobKE 1,767,204 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Sept. 14, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 few /f' fling/Z507? ,June 24,1930. A. BycookE 1,767,204

Y, AuToGAPHIc REGisTER Filed Sept. 14I 1,926 '3 Sheets-Sheet 3 v Patented June24, 1930 ji Unirse ,star es 'ears-Nr easier sane iiroia ,Assieme Tb. UNiTeD arrestarsi@ e REGISTER camera 9,1? VGHIGeest1112er.liars enamorarme er iLLiNo-is 1 Y 1j-@mehrere REGISTER ,ipp-emitir fuga september 14,1926, serial 1\m..i'.z5451,v

A. lMy Apresent invention relates to web feed-k ing, severing, `tiling and discharging' mechanism, particularly as it appertains to structures known as autograpliic registers.

f 5 Specifically stated, my` improvementshave Y to do with registers that employ a1 .plurality of webs or stripsoil `paper that are adapted to be automatically severed into tickets Y or sets of tickets; Ifdesired, any or all of l0, `the' severed tickets may be filed 4in* a storage chamber `Within the register casing, or any ornall ofthe severed :tickets may be suitably discharged from the register..H The present invention, while preferably employing cere5 :tain features described.. and `claimed in my y Patent #fl-,723,766 rdated August 6, 1929,

embodies jnovelelements and 'a1 novel organi-V sation .ofselernenta whereby original record Vslips arev vled, tace down, in stacked .relafit-ion andcopies (duplicate, triplicate, ete) are divertedfthiOllgh a latelalopenng-in the" ,'casing, provision bei-ng `made ytor tearingeoil tlie'laterally delivered copy or copies, one of 4 which ,may be givento the customer, if

Y desired. l

-I-t has `heretofore been @proposed to sever tickets from the lowermost of the stripsand vfile. Vtlieniin' a vstorage chamber 4or `compartnient in the `forward or discharge end Y @Si of the register, while the remaining upper e ticket or tickets are fedeli-t` ot the casing wlierelthey Vmay be readily grasped by the operator and torn from the strips, :tObe dis-V tributed inthe desired manner. This-prac`- retice -inakes itpossible for the upper-most ticket, which is .the original, tribe-handed vto ,thel customer-and the Proprietor will not therefore be able to retain this originalentry unless .agreatcare is exercised byitbepen sons operating-.the register,V Also, as the iiled tickets are taken from the lovvermost strip, itgisnot possible to yexamine the same Vtreintime to time to ascertain Vif the inani- -Afolddsheets areproducing clear copies upon the ,leiver strip.

5 other-tickets frointliestrpsbelow the top Vl/Vith my present preferred structure,ilv

are discharged in "la convenient manner so -as to be readily grasped by the operator and clea'rness with which nthe manifold Acopies are produced. In this latter connection, I

have arranged the structure of the register in a :novel manner so that Vthe manifold ticket strips" are positively-divided"from the `original ticket strip' and' are discharged laterally .through an opening in the sidewall 'of :the register casingvvithin `convenient reachoiijthe 'operator Who may'- grasp their ends and by a slight pull laterally from Vthe `side of the casing detach the tickets from `their 'respectivev strips.

*My invention has numerous objects in vieW,aniong ywhich arethe provision of an .'au'tographic register that Vis novely in the 'torni and arrangement oit "the parts,"simple in construction, dependable in performing the several 'functions for which "it has been designed, and Whichfis econoinical'to nianumezzi `facture. I preierxto carry out Vmy invention and to accomplislithe divers objects thereof vin.V substantially .the manner hereinafter fullyl described andas more particularly pointed out in the claims, vreference `being herein niadeto Vthe accompanying drawings that form apartof this specification.

" f in thejdraviiiigs i Figure -l is a vertical elevation of aspori'tion 'of' theoperatiiig side of improved register.V

` "Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section there'of taken on Figure y 1 Figure Bis a -to'p plan of the port-ion ci the structure illustrated iiiFigurel, parte the irregular line 2 2 ot Figure t is a transverse vertical section taken on the irregular line i Figure 2.

Y Figure 5 isl a fragmentary diagram of the elements in the upper portion of Figure f2 yshowing fthe rsaine in advanced positions in the. cycleo operation.

yxfigure 6 is sa. view :ci the elements illus of the cover being omitted li'or clearness.

trated in Figure 5 in still further advanced positions and just after the original or top strip has been severed by the cutting blade.

Figure 7 is a yplan of a blank form or strip such as used in this apparatus.

The drawings are, in a sense, merely schematic for the purpose of illustrating a preferred or typical embodiment of my in vention, and in said drawings, I have employed similar reference characters to desig-` nate the same parts wherever they appear throughout the several views.

For the purpose ofconvemence the portion of the casing adjacent the operator willy be herein designated the back or rear portion, While that towards the customerv will be designated the front. The casing of the register is of the type usual in autographic registers, consisting of vertical longitudinal sidewalls 10 arising from a base or bottom plate 11, and are connected along a portion of their upper edges by a writing bed plate or platen 12. The feedrand control mechanism is located forward ofthe center of be operated in any suitable manner suchn as disclosed in my prior application and rneed not be described herein, and the webs of paper each consists of a strip 17 (Fig. 7) that is provided with spaced rows of longitudinalk apertures or punched-holes 18 that are-located in pairs between the respective tickets printed on the strip andare utilized in the control of the strip advancement and registration of the tickets as well as for filing purposes.

The strip-feeding mechanism preferably consists of u per and lower Yfeed roller shafts 19 and 20 the former of-which is journaled in a lift frame 21 hinged at one end to ears 22 at the side of the casing to permit the rsame to be raised when inserting the paper strips, and the lower shaft is journaled in the side walls of the casing invertical alinement below the shaft 19. Forward of theseV shafts is the drive-shaft 23 thatextends through bearings in the sidewalls of the casing and has an operating handle Vor crank 24 secured to its end that is in front of the hingeof the lift-frame 21. The opposite end of the drive-shaft 23 has a gear 25 secured to it that meshes with an intermediate idle gear 26 carried onla stud projecting from vthe side-wall 10, and said idle gear is in mesh with and drives a pinion 27 upon the adjacent extended end of the lower feed roller shaft 2O and the proportions. of thisegearing is such that the feed-roller shaft 20 is rotated faster than the drive-shaft 23. Shafts 19 and 20 are parts of the upper and lower feed members that advance the strips through the register, and are geared together at'their ends opposite the pinion 27, by the respective gears 28 and 29, the former of which is smaller than the latter so that the upper shaft 19 travels at a higher speed and rotates a greater number of times than the lower shaft` 20. .Upper and lower opposed feed roller members 30 and 31 in the form of disks are secured to the respective shafts 19 and '2O andarespaced apartvuponV said shafts the vdistance between the pairs of apertures 18 in the paper strips, and said'feedl roller members are of less thickness than the diameter of the apertures so that when the latter come into registration with said members the advance of the strips will be arrested.` The arrest of the strip advancement takesY place intermittently or at the end of each set of tickets fed through the register and will be notedsthat the upper and lower feedfroller members are of different diameters in the same ratio as the diameter of .the gears 28 and 29 so that there yis a dependable feedof the strips when the disksare not in registry with the filling apertures of the strips. When the respective feed members are registered with the apertures they are inoperative to advance the stripsuntil the latter have been advanced slightly by the starter or initial feed devices. Any suitable starter devices may be employed, and for convenience I have shown the type of mechanism whichr isthe subject-matter of my co-pend-y ing companion application which is executed and filed even date herewith. This structure, briefly stated consists of radial lugs,

blocks, or projections 32 and 33 that Vextend from the respective feed shafts 19 and 20, land have concentric'outer faces of the same radial diameters as the feed roller members 30 and 431. The rotation of the feed shafts are timed so that the respective elements 32 and 33 oppose each otherv but once in a plurality of revolutions which is at about the time the feedv rollers register with the filing apertures in the strips,in other words, shaft 19, in the illustration given, revolves eight times to five revolutions of shaft 20. The driving mechanism is also controlled so as to be stopped at the time the peripheries of the elements -32 and 33 come into engagement.' This lis done by a cam -stop 34.' on the end of a driven cam shaft 35 extende'd through the walls of the casing, which stop` is engaged byv a projection 36l on a spring-returnable bell-Crank trigger 37 llO ` retornos that is pivotallycarriedb Vthe crank-handle 24C. The opposite end o calinV shaft hasa gear 38 vsecuredtoait `that is in mesh andfis driven by a pinionl 39next to gear 25,011l the drive-shaftl 23 so :that the idle cam Shaft 35 makes a single revolutionrduring two reyo-` .lntions of drivefshaft 23, and then the cam v1s 1n xcrank.

position to stop the rotation of the in front of the feed :roller members there is mounted a horizontally dispo-seddiyider element in the form of a bariOA of irregular section with its horizontah portion, :which is nearest the feed members, tapered to ia somewhat pointed edge 4:1 thativfacesthe strips Vbeing advanced bythe feed mechanism. The bar extends transyersely=from ,Wall to wall ofthe register' and surface is in thesaine'horizontalplaneas the platen so that when the' strips ,are in'- ,n

sented and feed through the `apparatus/the upper or original strip willy pass ,over the upper surface and into therfiling space .15

ofthe register, while the remainingstrips are separated from theupp'er strip-and pass downwardly against the inclined `face of the bar.y It Will be understood that. more. than one strip may bek fed into .and stored in thefilingspace and I do not `limit myself to the filing :of only theoriginalfor upper strip. Extending forwardly and downwardly from the fron-t end of the platen` l2 is an inclined guide plate 42 the forward edge of which is sharpened in `.toa beveled tearing-blade 43 spaced slightly from :G thef bar as seen in Figure' 2 4so that the tickets to be discharged andxremoved may be pulled against said blade and thns detached -Lfrorn the strip or strips. Thedower strips travel between the guide plate `and the lbar'and pass into a conical or horn-shaped discharge chute or receptacle 44 thewalls of which taper (converge)l towards thecasing wall opposite the operating handle 24. The strip V- or strips are discharged into this chuteuntil their advancehas been arrested inthernanner above described and it will `befound that a corner :v .of fthe discharged strips will have been projected beyond thel plane of the sidewall of :thefcasing whereV it may be readilyjgrasped by ythe Voperator and pulled horizontally away from the register and `out of the chute and the sighttwist or curl lof theStrips in thisoperation is sufi f cientto causethe stripsto be pnlled'against the blade 43 andthe tickets torn from the re-` spective strips. The wide or V larger enfd of the chute fits-an opening.orfwindow 45 in the adjacent side-wall ofthe casing, 'and n its Yopposite end is .provided with lugs 4:6

by' which the saine Vis secured to ,the adjacent other wall of the casing.`

AMechanismv is providedv to detach from-the strip or strips the ticketstofbef tiledy upon thepinsfl in the forward Yor filing chant iits upper hier of theregister, andthisiis preerably ill tihefforin'cif? a clamping mechanism to hold Athe istrip or stripe, and. a imife to sever the tirelrets',L together with actuating mechanisln t iat synchronized .with :the Adriving fthefteed deyi'ces, so as ftooperate when the :advance of the paperv` has heen-,arrested The upper portions .of .thesidawalls l() are presided with `verticallyelongated slots i4?? in which are guided the ends Iofghori- .y vZentral clamping-bars 48 and 49 that consist of `:elongated metal gplates Y positionedl npon `their edgesand hayingfears 5,0 pro- -jfecting`fro1n their ends outside the walls fof `the casing to which the upL-per ends' of z coiled contraction springs 5l are connect-ed forfurging said barsnorinallydown toward the divi-der bar 40; The'faces of :the Aclarnping-bars are Vclose to each other, being spaced apartwonly vfar enough vfor .the interpositioning kof Va thin cutters-blade V-or lrnife 52, and .said bars are. mechanically moved "downwwardlyf-so that their; lower glongitudinal V.edges will contact the divider bar 40 or- Ethe .paper Y strips thereonY l"and i hold the rlat- :ter'rinlywhilefthe knife is being operated lto sever the ticket lor tickets;

'knife will engagethe'saine toont thepaper,

"reciproc'ated vertieallyby `nieans Acfa cani and 'bellecrank structure. u j c i The camshaft 35 is proyidedfnearzits-ends with ca In-t thathave porti-ons' that are con-2 centric with their axes .ofmrotationfandsotherV portionstt'hatarelirregular :in forni, and the tions-are engaged wi-ththe clampingbars and the knife to 'actuate the saine; Clamping-bars 4:8and 49 arelrespectively provided with-Verftically elongated slots' 62 "and 63,1 of sufficient width ,tobe' entered by they arms 61, andit will l beseeii that the slotsin the clamping vbar A29 are slightly longer than those inthe other clamping bark 4181, lApertures '64: are made in the 4knife VV52' ,whichare just-the' sizey to 'receivef theI arm -61' of the bellL-crankwithout permitting anyy play between these` parte.l A When 'the clamps and knife-are raised to y normall position during the advancement'of the strips through theregister thefupperend edges ofthe slots 62-and--63 andthenppe'r edges of fthe apertures '64 in the hnifeV are allfnalinement as shownV in Figuref with j The upper `surf-ache of the ba-r is `jprovAided with a 'nar-` rowfgroove 53: at the location where ethe l 5 Aand sai-d lr'nife and the clamping bars are fllO the crank-pins 60 out of engagement with the arm 58 and with the rollers 55 on the lower arms 56 engaging the, concentric portions of the cams 55a, which are rotating in the direction ofthe arrows in Figures 5 and 6. As soon as the eccentric portions ofthe cams engage with the roller l55 (just prior to reaching the position shown in Figure 5) the bell-cranks will rock thus lowering the arms lpermitting the spring 51to pull down the clamping-bars into engagement with the paper priorto theeutting action by the knife. The crank-pins 60 now engage the straight portions of arms 58 to raise thelatter and cause a quick downward movement of the ends of the arms 61 that arefengaged with the knife, which forces the knifethrough the paper into the slot 53 on the uppersurfaee of the divider bar thus severing the ticket or tickets from the strip or strips that are to be filed. The cam shaft 35 continues to rotate until the stopfcam 34 arrests the further rotation of the operating f crank-handle 24 andV as the crank-pins 60 clear the arms 58 the rollers` 55 begin to move towards the concentric portions of the cams a, which movement depresses the arms 56 and raises the arms 61 so that first the knife is'withdrawn, `then the clamping bar 4S is raised (which releases the cut-ohl portion of thecpaper to be filed), and lastly the clampingbar 49-is raised from'the adkjacent end of the stripzorstrips so that the advancement of the paper maybe accomplished without interference when theneXt set of tickets is to be fed through the rmachine. In order to guide the paperto the filing pins y16 prior to being severed by the knife, there is provided a movable guardV in. the form of a horizontally disposed concavoconvex plate the upper corners of which are provided with lateral trunnions 66 that enter small apertures in, the side-walls of the casing and hingedly mount the guard in a position so that the paperv will readily pass between its concave side and the curved or convex face of the 'divider-bar 40.

It will be appreciated'that, while I have herein described a structure in which .the top -or original strip is adapted to be cut into tickets and filed in the storage space at the front of the register and the remaining l tickets I advanced through the` side of the register to be grasped `and torn off, more than one of the strips may be fed into theV forward storage space and cut and `filed upon the pins, and such use is fully coutemplated as coming within the scope of the Y appended claims.

i It will be understood from Fig. 2 that during the feedingoperation v the uppermost strip is deflected downwardly into theiling compartment 10 by means of the member 65.

The liling pinsrl are actuatedrin any suitable manner, as, forexample, in the manner 'described in my pending applirV ation Serial No. 46,714, filed July 29, 1925. In the operation, the front end of the strip is deflected downwardly while the Vfiling pins are rctracted; and at the proper time the filing pins are advanced into contact with the paper so as to be into position to move into engagement with the apertures with which the slip is provided at its front end. Even tually, the ticket, or sales slip, is severed from the strip and the slip `is deposited face `ice of the chamber 44. At the conclusion of the feeding operation,.the main feed-disks operate idly when they encounter the apertures in the strips. 'Ihe crank is turned, however, until the driving-means is automatically arrested by the stop-arm 34 on the rotating stop-shaft .35. This occurs at the instant that the initial-feed segments V32 andBS come into their initial gripping relation and grip the strips. The segments are thus 1n position to hold the strips while the co y-strips are being severed on the tearing-e ge 42 by a pull on the strips in` a lateral direction with respect to the casing. Also, the segments are thusleft in position to be in readiness to initiate the feed at the next feeding operation.

rIhe feed-mechanism illustrated and described is peculiarly useful in connection lwith the present machine, since it is important that the strips be gripped or positively held vduring the operation of tearing off the copy-tickets. v

By filing the original sales. slips 17 in inverted condition, they are stacked in the sequence of issuance, and the stack of slips may be retained in this order when it is removed from the filing compartment to enable the slips to be permanently filed.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly'as permissible, in view of the prior art.

What I claim is l. In an autographic register a casing including a platen, there being an opening in a side-wall of said casing, devices forV feeding a paper strip across said platen, and a conical chuteV positioned in said casing opening vinto which the strip is fed andjfrom which the semis Withdrawn laterally te the Siderr Wall of the casing, 3

21 1n an autographieregster a Casing in- Ql'llding platen, one ofi the side-.walls @fthe Casing provided with` an, ripening, devices,

for feeding a rarer stripv across the platea, a transverse vseverine:edge over which the fed strip iisdispesed, and (arconical .chute poeti-@eed ili- Said. Casi-es`V erstens. adiaceet said severing edge intol Which'fthe strip isv fed and troni which .the stripis Withdrawnand detached upon said severingeedge;V n

3; In an autograpliicjregistena casinglini cliiding a platen there beingV an opening a lside-.Wall of said casing, devices for feed-.-

ing a pluralityoi paper strips across `said platen, ineansfcr separating; at leastftlief upper strip from the remaining-strips and discharging the, same into astorage chamber, and a conical chute positioned in casing openingV into. Which the Vsaid' iferriaining strip o r strips-.is fed andrfrom Vwhich the same is Withdrawn laterally tothe side-wall ofthe casing. V Y i Y. e. le an attesta-pme resisten.- a Gesine inf cluding a platen, one-.0f the side-'Walls oftlie casing provided with ancpening, devicesfor VVfeeding a plurality ,of paper strips' aci-'css said platen,lnieansfor separating atleast the upper str-ip `from the remainingl strip zor-A stripsandgdiscliarging the saine into a ster.-

age chamber,- a transverse severing edge over whichY said remaining strip or stripsV isflis.-

posed', and. a. eo'nicalY chute positivem a said casing opening adjacent said severing n @dse inte `which the, remi-inline Steiner Strips? fed and freni., which, the; same may be Withdrawn and detached upon said,

' severingedge.,

5. Av egister of lthe character set forth, comprising a casing provided with a platen, strip-feeding means adaptedto feed a pluralty of superimposed strips over andproject them beyond said platen, means for severing and storing at least the uppermost `of said strips, means for separating and diverting laterally the remaining strip or strips,`

and means for severing the diverted strip ori strips. e

6. A register ofthe character setforth,

'comprising a casing lprovidedwith ra p 'aten e and equipped adjacent the rear portion of,

the platen with strip-feeding'ineans and' below the latter with a strip-diverting device fhaving an orifice opening through one sideV of the casing, a storage-chamber back orf-said device, a dividerV over .Which one or more strips pass to said storage-chamber and beneath Whichtlie other strip or strips pass to saiddiverting device, and nie'ans fer effecting severance of Vboth sets of strips;

7 .l A register of the'V character set forth,

Y comprising Va casing provided Withka platen and equipped adjacent the rearportion of the platen with strip-feeding means; and belovv Vthe latter 'with a l{str ip-Adiverting device having an orifice opening r through one side ofthe casinga storage-chamber back of said device, divider over which one. orfniere, `strips pass to said storage-chamber andtheneath vwhich the other stripcr strips .pass lto said 'diverting device, a,depressibleAl cutter above the path of the'u'pperniost strip, meansv for actuatingsaid cutter, and astationary.

tear-off edge beneath the pathof the lower strip or strips.

8. lin a registeryofthe.character `set forth, I

a casing provided Witha `platen andhaving lateral opening through vrwhich copy-strips may be drawn, strip-feeding `ii'iechanisiii near vthe rear end of said platen Aprovided with `means foi; feeding Athe sti-ipsa predetermined distance i andy Athen Working idly land' pirovided with means for gripping tliestrip's after the conclusion ofthe .feeding operation, aviling compartment in the rear of the strip-feeding means, dividerover:whichatv least the uppermost stripis fed tcsa'id filingcoinparta nient and/beneath which the remainingstrip OI* .Strlpsal'e vdeiected doivi ardly,- tea-i:-

ing-edge spaced below said divderupon `the conibiiltfll VO escaping pi'qvided. with a platenV and' having lateral delivery ori.-

tice, strip-feedifng mechanism. lcomprising, a'

Pair Qf .Shaftsequ'pped i with main .feeddisks andequipped also Vjvvithinitiai-feed segments, gear' eeniieetens between, sa y whereby theshafts will `notai-eat e Herent shafts' specie en mais feed-ciale teas aap-ed ef- Workv idly when they encounter apertures inl tlieestri-ps, and said initial-feed#Segments ing adapted Vto grip the str-ips after the con.- clusion of the,feeding operation, a storageconipartnient back of said, testi-disks, a, divder interposedvbetween ysaid feed-disks and said coinpartinent'and `adapte/,dto dei-lect the ldiver strip ,or strips downwardly, and te ai? i ing edge spaced` beloi'i,7 said divide whlelflY the leiverstrips leerte-sei held by saldsesmelits. the end f,

.unen

- of operations. i

Y l0,- 111 .a resitei- Ofzthe'diaraeter Set'fo'rth, the @alleine-tien of a casing .pr-@vided 'with .a plteli and having a Llater-al opening. through Wlii h copys ripsare accessible;feedfniecllanisin carnprising a; pairhofslfi'afts having different" speeds @ifY` retfitn and equippedwith Ina-iii reed-disks Wlichlare adapted te Work idly when. apertures in the strips are enccnnteredfandrequipped also with. initial-i feed. segnientsfa divider-and-an associated shearing-'edge overivhich atleast the upper- ,d While,

most stripis fed, and beneath which the remaining strips are fed, means whereby slips may be severed from the' lower strip or strips, a cutter disposed above said shearing y edge, cutter-actuating means actuated by adapted to work idly when they encounter apertures in the strips and associated initial- Y feed segments adapted to grip the strips after the conclusion of tliefeeding operation and hold said strips lto permit them to be severed by pulling them against said tearing edge. i

' 12. A register of the character set forth, comprising a casing provided with a platen, strip-feeding means adapted to feed a plurality of strips across and beyond the platen,

a storage chamber back of the platen for receiving and storing at least the Voriginal strip, means for separating and diverting downwardly and directing laterally the remaining strip or strips, and means for severing the diverted strip or strips.`

13. In an autographic register, acasing including a platen and a lside-wall provided with an aperture, devicesY for feeding a paper strip across said platen, and means for delivering the strip through said aperture. y

14. In an autographic register, a casing including a platen, and aside-wall having an aperture, devices for feeding af paper strip across said platen, a transverse severing ledge over which the fed strip is dis# posed, and means for delivering the strip through said aperture, whereby thel strip maybe pulled laterally to detach the same upon said severing edge.

15. In an autographic register, a casing 18. In'an autographic register, a casing includinga platen and a side-wall provided with' an aperture, means for feeding a plu*-`r rality of paper strips across said platen, and means yfor dividing tli'estrips and directing them into two separated paths, one

.of which paths discharges its strip or strips through said aperture. Y

19. A Yregister of the character set forth, comprising a'casing provided with a platen and Vhaving a side-wall provided witli'an aperture, ystrip-feeding means adapted to feed a plurality ofstrips across and beyond the platen and then to work idly, a divider element for separating and diverting downwardly the lower strips to a position where,y they are accessible lthrough said aperture, a cutter associated with said f divider element adapted to sever the uppermostv strip,- and cutter-actuating mechanism geared to the strip-feeding means and operating afterl the conclusion of the strip-feeding 'operas tion to effectseverance of said uppermost strip. f

Signed at Danville, in the county of Vermillion and State of Illinois, this 17th day of J uly,`1926.

ALLEN B. COOKE.`

including a platen and a side-wall provided l with an aperture, devices for feeding a plurality of paper strips across said platen,

i means for separating at least the upper strip from the remaining strip or strips and discharging the same into a storage chamber,

Y and means for delivering said remaining strip or strips through s aid aperture.

16. In an autographic register, a casing including a platen and a side-wall provided with an aperture, devices for feeding a plurality of paper strips across said platen, means for separating at least the upper strip from the remaining strip or strips and discharging the same into a storage chamber,

a transverse severing edge over which the said remaining strip or strips is disposed, and means for delivering said remaining 'strips or strip through saidaperture, wliereiso 

